Focus (Forum & Focus)
Feb. 16, 2008
The Public Is Misguided About the Right to Bear Arms
Forum Column - By Roberto Javier Frisancho - The widely held belief that the Second Amendment was adopted to provide an individual right to possess firearms is a misinterpretation.
By Roberto Javier Frisancho
This article appears on Page 6.
On March 18, the Supreme Court, in the case of District of Columbia v. Heller, will decide whether the Second Amendment to the Constitution applies to people who are not in state militias. This case directly affects me because I live in the District of Columbia. However, as a district resident, I have fewer rights than most Americans because my ...
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